Food Literacy Students
Hey Good Lookin’! What’s Cookin’?
Today’s recipe is a must know for a delicious and easy meal. You’ll be pleasantly surprised with how tasty this Honey Garlic Chicken is that it might just become a staple in your kitchen, and on a budget too. This recipe includes standard ingredients that most people (yes even college students) can already find in their kitchen. So what are you waiting for? Impress your friends with this delicious, simple, and inexpensive dish.
Cost Breakdown
| Ingredient | Amount | AP Unit Cost | Recipe Ingredient Cost |
| Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast | 1 lb | $9.60/1.6-2.4 lb package | $4.57 |
| Soy Sauce | 1/4 cup | $1.58/15 oz bottle | $0.21 |
| Honey | 3 Tbsp | $1.48/3 bulb package | $0.45 |
| Minced Garlic | 2 Cloves | $1.24/16 oz package | $0.05 |
| Lime | Juice from one | $0.66/each | $0.66 |
| Sesame Oil, divied | 2 Tbsp | $3.14/5 oz bottle | $0.63 |
| Sriracha | 1 tsp | $1.98/9 oz bottle | $0.07 |
| Corn Starch | 1 Tbsp | $1.24/16 oz package | $0.16 |
| Kosher Salt | tt | – | – |
| Black Ground Pepper | tt | – | – |
| Sesame Seeds | For Garnish | $1.94/2.2 oz bottle | $0.44 |
| Sliced Green Onion | For Garnish | $0.88/ 1 lb bundle | $0.03 |
What else do I need to know?
- This chicken is great over rice, noodle, or potatoes, and paired with some steamed broccoli.
- To make this dish even more budget-friendly, try switching out the ingredients for all generic brands.
- Not a fan of spice? The sauce is so flavorful you can eliminate the sriracha.
- The lime can also be substituted out for white rice vinegar.
- This recipe is easy to double, or even triple. Just multiply each ingredient by 2 or 3.
Test your Knowledge: What’s
Cross-Contamination?
Most people don’t know the importance of keeping cuts of meat away from shared surfaces in food preparation. Why is this so important? Well, raw meat carries pathogens that when put in contact with other foods may cause food-borne illness. This process is called Cross-Contamination. It’s important to keep raw meat on a separate cutting board (as shown in the pictures) and to handle it with great care, being mindful not to use the same cutting board for different ingredients. This recipe uses raw meat, following these safety practices will ensure that your Honey Garlic Chicken is not only tasty but free of harmful pathogens.
Let’s Talk About It
I absolutely loved this recipe. Not only was the cooking process fun, it was easy and timely. The only difficulty I came across was making sure the chicken was cooked all the way through. Some steps I included to ensure that everything was cooked properly was by butterflying the chicken (cutting one breast in half as pictured above) to make the breasts less thick and cook evenly. For good time management, I made sure to begin cooking the rice and broccoli right after putting the chicken in the oven. This meant that everything would be cooked and served hot right as the chicken came out. I used canned garlic that was pre-minced, however adding fresh garlic can be another way to make this recipe budget friendly, fresh, and sustainable. Next time, I might change up the cooking process by only pan frying and allowing it to simmer in the marinate. This way, sauce is not lost as it bakes in the oven and gives the chicken more flavor and tenderness.
Honey Garlic Chicken
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- In a medium bowl, whisk together soy sauce, honey, garlic, lime juice, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, Sriracha, and cornstarch.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat, heat the remaining tablespoon sesame oil. Add chicken and sear until golden, 4 minutes per side. Pour over the glaze and transfer to the oven.
- Bake until the chicken is no longer pink, 25 minutes. Heat broiler.
- Spoon glaze over chicken and broil until caramelized, 2 minutes. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.
